Bar Mitzvah: A Jewish Boy's Coming of Age

By Eric A. Kimmel

Book Overview

Why does a bar mitzvah (BM) happen at age 13? Where did the elaborate rituals come from and how are they relevant today? What does it feel like to experience a BM? Kimmel answers these questions and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140369759
• ISBN13: 9780140369755
• Release Date: February 1997
• Publisher: Puffin Books
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 0.5" x 5.8"
• Age Range: 11 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 6 to 8

Customer Reviews

Great primer for Boys and their parents

Very well written for the target audience. Uses lots of adult male reflections that even a 2nd generation immigrant can relate too. Really gets at the essence of what a Bar Mitzvah is and should remain to be, but in addition, it talks about the path that a bar Mitzvah starts a young man on for his committment and obligation as a member of the jewish and world community. Father - 43 years old.

Entertaining

Im not even Jewish but man, this book really taught me how to become a man and if I hypothetically was jewish, I would know exactly how to go about my bar mitzvah